i could not log in to ipp004

i logged onto the ipp004 channel for ippcon. ipp004 was still up. i was able to log in.

<pre> dmesg said

eth0: too many iterations (6) in nv_nic_irq. eth0: too many iterations (6) in nv_nic_irq.

ifconfig: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:81:76:28:D4

inet addr:166.122.172.18 Bcast:166.122.172.63 Mask:255.255.255.192 inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:81ff:fe76:28d4/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:4178011097 errors:5071 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:5071 TX packets:3121207917 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1817354043204 (1733163.8 Mb) TX bytes:6615798657614 (6309317.2 Mb) Interrupt:17 Base address:0xe000

ifconfig eth0 down ifconfig eth0 up

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:81:76:28:D4

inet addr:166.122.172.18 Bcast:166.122.172.63 Mask:255.255.255.192 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:4178011666 errors:5071 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:5071 TX packets:3121208036 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1817354098344 (1733163.9 Mb) TX bytes:6615798667466 (6309317.2 Mb) Interrupt:17 Base address:0xe000

i was able to log into other machines -- looks like nfs unmount requests were suddenly being honors (see /var/log/messages). sshd still not working on ipp004:

shutting down and restarting sshd: Aug 30 16:17:23 ipp004 sshd[28291]: Server listening on :: port 22. Aug 30 16:17:23 ipp004 sshd[28291]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use. Aug 30 16:17:47 ipp004 sshd[28291]: Received signal 15; terminating.

tried to restart eth0: /etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop, start

eth0: too many iterations (6) in nv_nic_irq. eth0: no IPv6 routers present eth0: no IPv6 routers present</pre>